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Transnational Families

Ethnicities, Identities and Social Capital

By Harry Goulbourne, Tracey Reynolds, John Solomos, Elisabetta Zontini

Contemporary Western society is changing and, controversially, migration is often flagged up as one of the reasons why. The nature of population change challenges the…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-46890-9 (Routledge)

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State of 'The Union'

Marriage and Free Love in the Late 1800s

By Sandra Schroer

This study of the Free Love Movement in the mid-to-late 1800s examines the situated knowledge of women and men who participated in the movement, how…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80569-8 (Routledge)

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Eastern European Immigrant Families

By Mihaela Robila

Immigration from Eastern Europe to the United States has grown significantly in the last few decades. While Asian and Latin American immigrations have been central…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99406-4 (Routledge)

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Marriage in Contemporary Japan

By Yoko Tokuhiro

The phenomenon of bankonka – ‘postponement of marriage’ – is increasingly reported in contemporary Japanese media, clearly illustrating the changing patterns of modern lifestyles and…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44110-0 (Routledge)

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Lesbian Family Life, Like the Fingers of a Hand

Under-Discussed and Controversial Topics

Edited by Valory Mitchell

In this book, an array of approaches - first person and theoretical accounts, clinical understandings, qualitative and quantitative research - are brought to bear on…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-1-56023-771-6 (Routledge)

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Men in the Lives of Young Children

An international perspective

Edited by Deborah Jones, Roy Evans

This book presents an international perspective on the involvement of men in the lives of young children across a range of differing contexts and from…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-49704-6 (Routledge)

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Fathering Through Sport and Leisure

Edited by Tess Kay

Fathering is a highly contested concept in popular, media, academic and policy discourses, yet in the areas of family studies and men’s studies the leisure…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-43870-4 (Routledge)

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The Changing Japanese Family

Edited by Marcus Rebick, Ayumi Takenaka

The Japanese family is shifting in fundamental ways, specifically in terms of attitudes towards family and societal relationships, and also the role of the family…

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2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54575-4 (Routledge)

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Safe Motherhood in a Globalized World

Edited by Barbara Wejnert, Suzanne K. Steinmetz, Nirupama Prakash

This book provides cutting edge information on safe motherhood in a global context. The chapters focus on research, program development and implementation, and policy dealing…

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2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48816-7 (Routledge)

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Changing Relationships

Edited by Malcolm Brynin, John Ermisch

Some relationships are within the family -- such as between parents and children, grandparents and children and between siblings -- while others are between friends.…

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2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-96523-1 (Routledge)

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